End of payroll tax break hard on household budgets

$30 or more every couple of weeks adds up, women say

9:55 PM,
Jan. 23, 2013

To compensate for the end to the payroll tax break, Shamberi Taylor dropped her dental insurance to free up cash that she says she uses to buy diapers and wipes for her daughter, Laila Taylor, 16 months, as well as household supplies.

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Dental insurance. When expiration of the payroll tax break meant an additional bite out of Shamberi Horton's take-home pay, that's what she gave up.

She canceled her $36 monthly Aflac plan.

"It'll free up some space on my paycheck," said Horton, an executive assistant at Stewpot Community Services. "Now with those additional taxes being taken out, I can't afford those insurances. I need all the money I can get." ...